Teen arrested following a shooting stemming from a road rage incident, deputies say (2024)

NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. STORM CHANCES STAY ALIVE. COMING UP I’LL SHOW YOU THE BIG CHANGES COMING TO OUR FORECAST JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. LESS THAN ONE WEEK TO GO UNTIL THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY ELECTION. SO IF A VOTER SHOWS UP AT THE WRONG POLLING PLACE FIRST, IT’S AN INCONVENIENCE TO THE VOTER. TONIGHT, OFFICIALS WANT TO MAKE SURE VOTERS KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO TO VOTE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. HONORING A FALLEN OFFICER. HE DID EVERYTHING THAT HE ABSOLUTELY COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON WAS OKAY. NEARLY A YEAR LATER, A COMMUNITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT REMEMBER AN UPSTATE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. WE ARE KICKING OFF THE START OF SUMMER WITH THE FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS HERE IN GREENWOOD. I’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT ALL THE FUN THAT WE HAD COMING UP. FIRST, OUR WEATHER THIS EVENING. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK ACROSS THE UPSTATE. LOOK AT THOSE BLUE SKIES IN LAURENS COUNTY. BUT KIND OF GRAY IN THE GREENVILLE COUNTY AREA. YEAH. TODAY IS A LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT DAY. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTICE IS HERE TO TELL US EXACTLY WHY. THAT’S A TALE OF TWO CITIES RIGHT THERE. REALLY IS. THOSE STORMS ARE SO CLOSE TO LAURENS, MEANING CLINTON AND JOANNE ARE GETTING DOWNPOURS RIGHT NOW WHILE DOWNTOWN LAURENS IS LOOKING JUST FINE. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT’S GOING ON. HART COUNTY GOT A REALLY STRONG STORM STREAMING JUST SOUTH OF THE LAKE RIGHT THERE. THAT’S GOING TO GET INTO YOU FOLKS IN BELTON-HONEA PATH AND SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY STAR AND IOWA, AND POSSIBLY EVEN INTO ABBEVILLE, GREENWOOD COUNTIES. WE’VE ALSO GOT THIS CELL THAT’S OVER LAURENS, CLEMSON. YOU’VE HAD SOME RAIN. SO IS GREENVILLE. SPARTANBURG AND CHEROKEE COUNTY HAD SOME RAIN. BUT NOW THE GREATEST ACTION IS OVER LAURENS COUNTY. JOANNA CLINTON SEEING SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS RIGHT NOW. AND THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES OUT OF THAT ACTION. LOOKING OVER GREENVILLE FROM OUR HILTON GREENVILLE SKYCAM 80 DEGREES 83 IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. YIKES. VERY, VERY MUGGY IN OUR ATMOSPHERE RIGHT NOW. 81 IN ANDERSON, 77. THE TEMPERATURE RIGHT NOW IN ASHEVILLE OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. LOOK FOR US TO SETTLE DOWN TO THE UPPER 60S WITH HIGH HUMIDITY AND A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS STORMS COMING UP. I’LL MAP OUT WHERE WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND. CHRIS, THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW, TRAFFIC IS MOVING AGAIN AFTER A CRASH ON INTERSTATE 85 SOUTHBOUND IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT MILE MARKER 70. IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT STORY A SHORT TIME AGO. THIS COMES AFTER A CRASH WAS REPORTED AROUND 415. THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE CRASH EARLIER THIS EVENING NEAR MILE MARKER 68. THERE’S NO WORD YET ON IF THERE WERE ANY INJURIES FROM THE CRASH, BUT WE’LL BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION AS IT COMES IN SOUTH CAROLINA’S PRIMARY DAY IS LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY NOW, AND THERE ARE ONLY TWO MORE DAYS FOR EARLY VOTING TO ENSURE A SMOOTH PROCESS, OFFICIALS WANT TO REMIND VOTERS ABOUT KEY CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2023. OUR TANIQUA PENNIX HAS MORE FROM SPARTANBURG COUNTY. GOOD EVENING. OFFICIALS TELL ME NEARLY 40,000 PEOPLE EXPERIENCED SOME TYPE OF CHANGE IN THEIR POLLING PLACES. THOSE CHANGES WENT INTO EFFECT IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY ON JULY 1ST, 2023. VOTERS EXPERIENCED CHANGES IN THEIR POLLING PLACES, PRECINCT NAME, PRECINCT LINES AND POLL LOCATIONS. SPARTANBURG COUNTY’S DIRECTOR OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS SAYS VOTERS SHOULD GO ONLINE TO SC VOTES DOT GOV TO GET THEIR SAMPLE BALLOT AND FIND THEIR CORRECT POLLING PLACE TO AVOID THE HASSLE. IT WILL SAVE TIME FOR THE VOTERS IN LINE BEHIND THAT INDIVIDUAL, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL SAVE THAT VOTER THE TIME IT TOOK TO DRIVE TO THE POLLING PLACE, WAIT IN LINE, CHECK IN, AND THEN HAVE TO DO THE PROCESS AT A SECOND LOCATION, BAWCOM SAYS. IF YOU DO END UP AT THE WRONG LOCATION, POLL WORKERS CAN DIRECT YOU TO THE CORRECT LOCATION AND CAN EVEN SEND YOU A TEXT WITH TURN BY TURN DIRECTIONS. THIS FRIDAY AT 5 P.M. IS THE LAST DAY FOR EARLY VOTING, AND PRIMARY DAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH. REPORTING IN SPARTANBURG, TANIQUA PENNIX WYFF NEWS FOUR. TANIQUA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MORE ON NEXT WEEK’S SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY, YOU CAN FIND OUR VOTER’S GUIDE ON WYFF 4.COM AND THE WIFE FOUR MOBILE APP. THIS AFTERNOON, A FREE LUNCH FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IN MEMORY OF A FALLEN OFFICER. THAT LUNCH, ONE OF MANY EVENTS SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR IN MEMORY OF OFFICER MATTHEW HEYER, WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. OUR PEYTON FURTADO WAS THERE THE DAY IT HAPPENED. SHE JOINS US LIVE NOW. AND, PAYTON, HOW IS THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD TODAY? YEAH, JANE, THAT’S A TRICKY QUESTION. WHILE OFFICER MATTHEW HEYER IS NO LONGER WITH US, EASLEY POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE HIS LEGACY IS NEVER FORGOTTEN. WEDNESDAY, EASLEY CHILDREN FILLED AREA FIRST RESPONDERS DAY WITH FUN AS THEY VOLUNTEER AT CAMP GREENWAVE. THAT’S WOW. WATCHING YOU’D NEVER KNOW. SOME OF THESE OFFICERS ARE STILL MOURNING ONE OF THEIR OWN. IT’S DEFINITELY BEEN AN EMOTIONAL TIME. 22 YEAR OLD MATTHEW HEYER LIKED TO MAKE HIS FELLOW OFFICERS SMILE AND WAS KNOWN FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. HE WAS DOING THAT THE MORNING OF AUGUST 2ND. HE WAS CALLED TO A WOMAN SUICIDAL ON THE TRAIN TRACKS. HERE. DIED THAT DAY FOR A PERSON HE’D NEVER MET. IT WAS A HARD DECISION, AND NOT EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE MADE THAT HARD DECISION. BUT HE DID, AND HE DID THE RIGHT THING, AND HE SAVED A LIFE. AS OFFICERS CONTINUED FORWARD FURTHER FORMING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY, MATTHEW HEYER SERVED BECAUSE THEN YOU’LL HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND AND YOU’LL BE ABLE TO TRUST THEM MORE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY NEED HELP. YEAH. THANK YOU. THE COMMUNITY GAVE RIGHT BACK THE LATEST EXAMPLE JUST DOWN THE ROAD WEDNESDAY. VOLUNTEERS, FED FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEYER’S MEMORY. IT’S ALWAYS VERY HUMBLING. THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON THING. WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE REACH US, REACH OUT TO US ABOUT SIMILAR THINGS QUITE OFTEN. NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME, AS VOLUNTEERS FILLED PLATES APPRECIATE IT. THAT SIMPLE ACT OF SUPPORT LETTING THEM KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS HERE. I DON’T THINK THERE’S ENOUGH THAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY TO HONOR THOSE PEOPLE, BUT WE WE IN EASLEY, WE AS EASLEY, WILL NEVER FORGET MATTHEW, HE’S LEFT A LEGACY FOR EVERYBODY THAT LIVES HERE THROUGH THE BAD TIMES AND THE GOOD. AND AFTER A TRAGEDY LIKE THIS, PEYTON, WHERE DO OFFICERS GO FROM HERE? HOW DO THEY MOVE ON? IT’S A REALLY TOUGH QUESTION, BUT I CHATTED WITH THE POLICE CHIEF. CHIEF LINER HERE IN EASLEY EARLIER TODAY. HE SAYS THE TICKET DAY BY DAY, DOING EXACTLY WHAT MATTHEW HERE WOULD HAVE DONE, HELPING THE COMMUNITY. THAT EXTRA SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IN EASLEY, IT JUST MAKES THEIR JOB A LITTLE BIT EASIER. LIVE IN EASLEY. I’M PEYTON FURTADO FOR WYFF NEWS FOUR. PEYTON. THANK YOU. A WARNING THIS EVENING FROM THE GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE RISE OF CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAMS, NOT ONLY IN OUR AREA, BUT NATIONWIDE. POLICE SAY THESE ARE SOPHISTICATED SCAMS. THEY INVOLVE VICTIMS PAYING THROUGH BITCOIN ATM MACHINES. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THESE MACHINES IN PLACES LIKE THE GROCERY STORE OR DRUGSTORES. GAS STATIONS, RESTAURANTS WILL OFFICERS SAY THESE TYPES OF SCAMS INVOLVE SOMEONE IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER, TELLING THE POTENTIAL VICTIM THAT THEY HAVE WARRANTS, OR MAYBE THEY MISSED JURY DUTY, OR THEY OWE FINES. THERE ARE ALSO ROMANCE SCAMS FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RELATIONSHIP. SOME OF THE SCAMS TARGET GRANDPARENTS, STATING THAT THE GRANDCHILDREN IS A GRANDCHILD IS IN TROUBLE. ALSO, INVESTMENT AND COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE ALSO AVENUES OF THE INITIATION FROM THE SCAMMER. NOW, TO KEEP YOU SAFE, THE GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REMINDING EVERYONE THAT LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES DO NOT TAKE PAYMENTS THROUGH CRYPTO ATMS AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN A VICTIM, THEY SAY YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT. STATE TROOPERS ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY CRASH IN CHEROKEE COUNTY TONIGHT. TROOPERS SAY THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 930 THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 150 NEAR ROLAND FARM ROAD, NEAR GAFFNEY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CAR WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD, LOST CONTROL, WENT BACK OVER AND OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE HITTING SEVERAL TREES. THE CORONER IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER AS 32 YEAR OLD SAMUEL HOPPER. WE’RE TOLD HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND WAS EJECTED. THIS WEEKEND, THE SOUTH CAROLINA FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS IS IN GREENWOOD, AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING OF SUMMERTIME AND ALSO ENJOY SOME SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. METEOROLOGIST SYDNEY SULLIVAN JOINS US LIVE FROM GREENWOOD WITH MORE AND I KNOW IT’S BEAUTIFUL. SYDNEY. IT CERTAINLY IS BEAUTIFUL. AND AND FOR JANE AND NIGEL, Y’ALL ARE GOING TO LIKE WHAT’S BEHIND ME FOR CLEMSON FANS. WE’VE GOT A TIGER THAT IS DISPLAYED HERE IN GREENWOOD. GREENWOOD IS KICKING OFF THE FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS. THIS WEEK. IT’S IN FULL SWING AND IF YOU ARE MAYBE A GAMEco*ckS FAN, DON’T WORRY, THEY’VE GOT THAT DISPLAYED HERE JUST DOWN THE STREET AS WELL. SO THEY ARE TAKING GARDENING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. AND THIS IS JUST A TASTE OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM GREENWOOD’S FESTIVAL OF THE FLOWERS. NOW, THESE FLOWERS ARE NOT JUST YOUR AVERAGE FLOWER DESIGNS. YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL THAT GOES INTO EACH OF THESE CREATIONS. AND THERE ARE ABOUT 50 DIFFERENT DISPLAYS FOR FAMILIES TO COME OUT AND SEE. YOU CAN DISCOVER ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF GARDENING MAGIC AND NOT TO MENTION THE TIME IT TAKES TO CREATE A FESTIVAL OF THIS SIZE. WE TAKE THEM IN THE LAST WEEK OF JULY, AFTER THE BARBECUE FESTIVAL AND WE START TEARING THEM APART AND REBUILD THEM RIGHT THEN. AND SO IT’S A YEAR LONG TO GET THEM READY. WE ACTUALLY HAVE OVER 70,000 VISITORS LAST YEAR AT OUR FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS AND ALSO IT HAS A $2.3 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT. LAST YEAR. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IT GOES SO MUCH WORK GOES INTO PUTTING THESE DISPLAYS TOGETHER. AND THERE’S SO MUCH FUN HAPPENING. WE’VE GOT NOT JUST THE TOPIARIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE CONCERTS, ART AND CRAFT SHOWS, GARDEN TOURS, FOOD TRUCKS. THERE IS A FLOWER POWER FUN RUN AND A KIDS FUN FEST, SO IT’S NOT JUST A WEEKEND ENJOYING THE BLOOMS, BUT YOU CAN ALSO ENJOY ALL THE FUN THAT GREENWOOD HAS TO OFFER. SO COME OUT AND ENJOY IT! AND THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN ENJOY THESE TOPIARIES NOT JUST THROUGH THE MONTH OF JUNE, BUT ALSO THROUGH MOST OF JULY AS WELL. LIVE IN GREENWOOD WYFF NEWS FOUR. I’M METEOROLOGY SYDNEY SULLIVAN SYDNEY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND FROM GREENWOOD TO SIMPSONVILLE. IF YOU’RE DRIVING IN THIS AREA SOMETIME TONIGHT, LISTEN UP. BECAUSE RAPPER 21 SAVAGE IS HOLDING A CONCERT TONIGHT. IT’S AT THE KSNB AMPHITHEATER IN HERITAGE PARK. YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE LIVE LOOK FROM SKY4 RIGHT NOW. OVER THE AMPHITHEATER, YOU CAN SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO GATHER THERE. I’M GUESSING THERE’S GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD CROWD. THE SHOW IS SET TO START AT 7:00 TONIGHT. SO REMEMBER, IF YOU’RE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION, BE SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TRAVEL TIME AND IF YOU’RE GOING TO THE CONCERT TO GO AHEAD AND GET ON THE ROAD AND TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE ON T